St. Patrick’s Day Books

Happy Tuesday! I tried to write this last night, but I was too tired. I am still trying to get caught up from being gone this past weekend. I will share about Monterey in a separate post later this week. For now, I thought I would share some of my favorite St. Patrick’ Day books. The links to the books are below.

The one thing I am always bummed about is that our spring break always falls during the week of spring break, but we still try to have fun with the day. What are some of your favorite books you read to your students?

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Hi Renee, Thank you for the list of books. I see some new ones I haven't read. I also try to get in non-fiction read-alouds. The first place I look is for Gail Gibbons books. She has one simply called St. Patrick's Day. I'm going to check out your links. P.S. I'm also from California.

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